I had the honour of baptizing my son, Silas, this past weekend at our Sunday church service. Below is the faith story that he shared with the congregation:

Hello, my name is Silas Blair. I am 10 years old. I
was born in Mississauga, Ontario. I moved to Medicine Hat when I was 8 so my
dad could plant Grasslands church.

I go to school at Notre Dame Academy. I am in grade
6. My favorite thing to do is play baseball and video games.

I have gone to church pretty much my whole life. I
have learned a whole bunch about Jesus. The most important thing I have learned
about Jesus is that he loves everybody. To show his love he died on the cross
for us. By Jesus dying on the cross we can be forgiven for our sins.

To be forgiven we have to give our life to Jesus. We
have to believe and receive Jesus to be a part of God’s family.

The first time I prayed to receive Jesus I was
probably about 6. I did it with my dad. I also did it again at a back yard camp
in my neighbourhood here in Medicine Hat when I was 8.

I am a sinner. And everybody else is a sinner. Sorry
if that sounds mean, but it's true. When I prayed I asked God to forgive me of my sins. I
believe that he has forgiven me. The Bible tells me he did and the Bible is
true. Everybody knows that. Well, not everybody. But everybody should know. And
I want to tell everybody and prove to everybody that it is.

Today I am getting baptized because I want to show everybody
that I am a follower of Jesus.

I will not have a perfect life. Nobody has a perfect
life - like, “I’m going to win
every baseball game I play.” But having God in my life is a gift. And that gift
will give me eternal life when I die.

While I am still alive the gift means I get to be in
God’s family. That means God is my father. I will have a relationship with him
by spending time with Him. I will read my Bible and pray which will make our
relationship better.

When I play baseball or other things in my life I
want God to use me to show my teammates and friends about Him. I want to show
them that God has made me a better person and I want Him to use me to show them
that Jesus can be their Saviour too.